Interesting.
Thanks good advice I should look into those.
Do they get hot?
About 10 years ago I brought home a floor lamp, one of those with the light at the top. It had a halogen bulb, one of those maybe 4” horizontally mounted narrow glass rod types which mounts with contacts at each end - at some point I replaced the bulb and seemed to have put in one which was too bright - it got just blistering hot. Smelled like it would burn the place down, and I never tried one again.
Do you use a newer model, one of those 100w equivalent? Do they have one with a true watt measure less than 100 (thus within the new guideline) which is actually brighter than a 100w?
That I could go for, if it’s brighter than a 100w incandescent, but doesn’t get terribly hot.
I’ll have to review what’s available next time I’m in a bulb aisle.
The 100 watt halogens do get hot. They have a small tubular halogen bulb inside the normal shaped bulb. Here is a clear bulb to show what I mean.
The surface won't get as hot has one of the halogen bulbs you talked about because this is lower wattage and the actually bulb is shielded, but it still gets hot like a regular incandescent.
Personally I love the whiter light the halogens give and if it is in an area I use a lot (living room, my bedroom, etc.) I pay extra to put in the halogens.